KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 – The government has agreed to amend the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to allow refunds to victims of online scams, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will hold six engagement sessions with the public and stakeholders on amendments to the Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2040 (PSKL2040) draft.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — The Home Ministry has set up a special committee to look into citizenship issues from all aspects in a comprehensive manner.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — A committee paper containing 23 proposed amendments to the Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022 will be submitted to the current Dewan Rakyat sitting, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Environmental Quality (Amendment) Bill 2022 to increase the penalty to not more than RM10 million for offences such as water pollution and illegal disposal of scheduled waste.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Amendments to seven bills under the Finance Ministry were tabled for the first reading in Parliament today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Efforts are being made to amend the Competition Act 2010 to make the country’s competition laws more comprehensive and bring them in line with international practices, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) has proposed amendments to the DBP Act 1959 to enable the enforcement of Bahasa Melayu as the national language.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — The issue of flood disaster management in the current floods affecting the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia is among key questions to be raised at today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

KUCHING, Feb 11 — The amendments to four articles of the Federal Constitution relating to the rights of Sabah and Sarawak, which were unanimously passed by the Dewan Rakyat on December 14 last year, came into force today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The government today tabled the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2021 for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat which, among others, seeks to insert mention of the states of Malaya and the Borneo states.

PASIR MAS, March 8 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) is confident that the amendment to the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011 (Act 728) will enable the department to expand its jurisdiction, said Maqis director-general Saiful Yazan Alwi.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Appointing protection officers among members of the public is one of the amendments that will be made under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (Atipsom) 2007 said Social Welfare Department (JKM) Community Service Order Division director Ahmad Hashim Selamat.

KOTA BHARU, Jan 31 — The draft amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) have been submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Three Customs-related bills, namely, the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020, Excise (Amendment) Bill 2020 and Free Zones (Amendment) Bill 2020 were passed at the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The Ministry of Finance today tabled seven bills for first reading at the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The proposed amendments to the Water Services Industry Act 2006 (Act 655) to provide heavier punishments on environmental criminals are awaiting approval from the Cabinet, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.